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HOLMES, George Frederick, educator, born in Demerara, British Guiana, in 1820. He was educated in Durham university, England, came to the United States at the age of eighteen, and was a teacher in Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina. In 1842 he was admitted to the bar of South Carolina by a special act of the legislature before he had been naturalized. He was assistant editor of the "Southern Review" for some time. He became a professor in Richmond college, Virginia, in 1845, in 1846 president of the University of Mississippi, and in 1847 professor of history, political economy, and international law in William and Mary college. In 1857 he was chosen professor of history and literature in the University of Virginia. He is the author of a series of text books that were used in southern schools, for which they were especially designed.
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